California · Nonprofit
FULLER THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY
FULLER THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY (California) receives grants from 136 organizations whose IRS filings report $131,307,992 to it, the largest being LILLY ENDOWMENT INC ($72,263,456). 91 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $58M
- Funders on record
- 136
- Grants received
- $131M
- Net assets
- $257M
What Fuller Theological Seminary does
Mission
The seminary is a multi-denominational post-baccalaureate school of religious learning that prepares students for christian vocations through its two schools: school of mission & theology and school of psychology & marriage & family therapy.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Fuller seminary is a multidenominational graduate institution that has equipped visionary ministers, scholars, teachers, mental health professionals, and intercultural leaders to share christ's hope and healing in the church and the world since 1947. With graduate degrees, certificate programs, and professional and personal development courses delivered through two schools and a global online community of students and learners, fuller comprehensively prepares jesus-led women and men to become compassionate, resilient leaders.the school of mission and theology offers students indispensable education for effective leadership in vocations in ministry, missions, the marketplace, and beyond. The school of psychology & marriage and family therapy - a pioneer in the integration of psychology and christian theology - trains students in an environment of clinical excellence, research innovation, and academic distinction. Fuller's diverse student body includes more than 2,500 students from 76 countries, 51 us states and territories, and 104 denominations.
$34,728,044 spentof which $8,258,590 as grants$25,113,049 earned by the program66% of program spendingFuller psychological & family services, the clinic of the fuller school of psychology & marriage and family therapy, offers high quality and affordable therapy and psychological assessments online and in-person. Our integrative approach honors mind, body, and spirit while respecting all cultures, backgrounds, and traditions.
$12,477,785 spent$1,200,376 earned by the program24% of program spendingFuller offers a full range of affordable apartment-style housing options, available year-round for eligible graduate students and their family members, just minutes away from the pasadena campus.
$3,882,626 spent$6,516,624 earned by the program7% of program spendingA generous donor has provided funds that we are able to grant to other organizations as they work to further enrich the kingdom of god.
$1,188,940 spentof which $1,188,940 as grants2% of program spendingIn response to the eaton fire in january 2025, we created a fund that was financed by caring donors to assist faculty, staff and students affected by the disaster.
$128,871 spentof which $128,871 as grants0% of program spending
The 5 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $52,406,266.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $257M to $305M (+19%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 0% · 2018 0% · 2019 0% · 2020 1% · 2021 1% · 2022 1% · 2023 2% · 2024 0% · 2025 0%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
40% of FULLER THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (23% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 6 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 29 funders to 56 funders, grant income rose $6.2M → $9.9M.
31 of 136 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 15% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $23M from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest The Fuller Foundation). These are real filings, and they are not money FULLER THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY raised.
From the IRS filings of FULLER THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 136 funders by total. Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
FULLER THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 55% of grant income and the top three 67%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 32% · 2018 26% · 2019 35% · 2020 32% · 2021 50% · 2022 56% · 2023 30% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
51% of FULLER THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 67% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
FULLER THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY draws 96% of its grant income from funders outside California, across 28 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $19M arriving through sponsors registered in 19 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
FULLER THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 3,794 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,794 education nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Government funding FULLER THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $2.5M on record.
- Department of Education$2.4M
- Department of Defense$16k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like FULLER THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
77% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
69%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 9 states
Part of a family of 5 related entities
- Cgf Properties LLC · disregarded
- Cef Properties LLC · disregarded
- Fuller Endowment Fund LLC · partnership
- Charitable Remainder Unitrust (4) · corp_trust
- Charitable Remainder Annuity Trust (2) · corp_trust
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Questions and answers
- Who funds FULLER THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY?
- FULLER THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY (California) receives grants from 136 organizations whose IRS filings report $131,307,992 to it, the largest being LILLY ENDOWMENT INC ($72,263,456). 91 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does FULLER THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY have?
- IRS filings report 136 organizations giving $131,307,992 in grants to FULLER THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY, 91 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FULLER THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY?
- LILLY ENDOWMENT INC is the largest funder on record, with $72,263,456 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FULLER THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 136 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing